István Tóth-Potya was a Hungarian

Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...

 amateur football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics

1912 Summer Olympics

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. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not play a match in the 1912 football tournament

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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For the Hungarian national team he played 19 games and scored 8 goals.

He became a member of the Hungarian anti-fascist resistance following Hungary's invasion by Germany, helping several hundred people escape from Nazi custody and death. He was arrested by the Gestapo in late 1944 and executed in February 1945 by Hitler's Hungarian allies, Szálasi's Arrow Cross henchmen